Senior Electronics Engineer

Matchtech; Harlow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A Defence and Security supplier is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer for a 12-month contract in Harlow. Key responsibilities include developing design architectures for digital electronics, creating FPGA designs, and performing testing. Applicants must be British nationals eligible for SC Clearance. This is a full-time, onsite role offering competitive market rates.

Qualifications

• Applicants must hold British nationality and be eligible for SC Clearance.
• Full-time onsite role.
• 12-month contract.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements to ensure compliance to relevant standards.
• Create and manage architectures for Digital Electronics and firmware.
• Understand, decompose and verify Design requirements.
• Create FPGA design using VHDL and embedded C.
• Define and perform unit level and sub system level testing for embedded firmware.
• Create design documents for HW and Firmware.
• Create Test Documents.
• Create Firmware Simulation Test Reports.
• Create Timing and Power Analysis Reports.
• Work alongside embedded system and software engineers.
• Perform technical reviews of documents and releases.

Skills

Experience creating top level Design architectures

Experience testing and verifying requirements

Experience in working with DSP, Micro, Memory devices, ADCs, DACs, Power supply

Experience working with FPGAs and SoC technologies

Ability to understand VHDL code

Able to present technical information clearly and concisely

Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment

Capable of analysing and reporting on technical data

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

Matlab

Simulink

Job description

Our client, a Defence and Security supplier is looking for a Senior Electronics Engineer to join them on a contract basis at their site in Harlow. Due to the nature of the role, applicants must hold the British nationality and be eligible for SC Clearance. Full time onsite in Harlow, Essex. Inside IR35, competitive market rates. 12-month contract.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements to ensure compliance to the relevant standards.
• Create and manage architectures for Digital Electronics and firmware (mainly FPGAs)
• Understand, decompose and verify Design requirements
• Create FPGA design using VHDL and embedded C
• Define and perform unit level and sub system level testing for embedded firmware
• Create design documents (HW +Firmware)
• Create Test Documents
• Create Firmware Simulation Test Reports
• Create Timing and Power Analysis Reports
• Work alongside our embedded system, software and other electronic design engineers
• Perform technical reviews of the documents and release

Skills and experience

• Experience creating top level Design architectures
• Experience testing and verifying requirements
• Experience in working with DSP, Micro, Memory devices, ADCs, DACs, Power supply
• Experience working with FPGAs and SoC technologies
• Ability to understand VHDL code
• Able to present technical information clearly and concisely to others
• An openness to learn and try new techniques
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment - working independently or with others to overcome obstacles
• Capable of analysing and reporting on technical data

Desirable

• Experience using the Vivado and Vitis design tools, or equivalent
• Experience working with the Xilinx chip family
• Experience delivering embedded firmware as part of a product
• Knowledge of Embedded C
• Experience creating embedded system architectures
• Familiarity with the application of a systems engineering approach across the design and development lifecycle
• Knowledge of defence engineering / airborne standards
• Working with Model Based System Engineering tools such as Matlab/Simulink